LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. 8S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., February 20, 1898, 
Str: I have the honor to submit for publication a compilation of 
recent laws and regulations against injurious insects, and especially 
_ the San Jose scale, for the information of persons engaged in trade 
_ with living plants, and of horticultural and agricultural societies and 
others wishing to propose legislation of this kind. For the benefit of 
-apiarian interests the laws relating to foul brood are also included. 
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Respectfully 
L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist. 
~ 
Hou. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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